Arrest made in murder of 6-year-old girl, body found in front yard.

A woman has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge and obstruction of justice charge after the body of a 6-year-old girl was found inside a 12-gallon bucket on the child’s mother’s front lawn, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) in Louisiana. The child has been identified as Bella Fontenelle, a kindergartner at St. Matthew the Apostle school. The woman, who is the longtime girlfriend of the child’s father, is accused of killing the girl before checking herself into a local hospital. A conviction on a first-degree murder charge is punishable by death in Louisiana.